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An electrically heating coil is placed in a calorimeter containing 360 g of H2O at 10oC. The coil consumes energy at the rate of 90 W. The water equivalent of calorimeter and the coil is 40 g. The temperature of water after 10 minutes will be

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42.150C
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32.140C
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22.140C
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52.140C
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Solution

The correct option is A 42.150C
Heat produced by the coil
Q=P.t=(m+W)cΔT
90×6004.2=(360+40)ΔT
Thus we get the temperature difference as
ΔT=32.140C
or T=10+32.14=42.140C

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